Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Questions | Answers | Discussions | Knowledge sharing | Communities & more.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.
– He was born on August 15, 1769, on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin.
– Napoleon supported the French Revolution in 1789 and quickly rose through the ranks of the French Army.
– He became the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804.
– In 1804, he crowned himself Emperor of the French, expanding his power even further.
– Napoleon’s military tactics are still studied at military schools worldwide.
– Napoleon introduced the Napoleonic Code, which modernized legal and administrative reforms in France and Western Europe.
– Napoleon is also credited with establishing a system of public education, emancipating Jews and other religious minorities, and abolishing feudalism.
– Napoleon died on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51, on the remote island of Saint Helena, where he was exiled after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.